EU allows resale of downloaded software: the Court of Justice rules that, in principle, the owner of copyright in software cannot stop someone who has purchased and downloaded that software online from reselling it.

Designs

Battle of the Tablets: Court of Appeal confirms that Samsung's Galaxy tablets do not infringe Apple's registered Community design and that Apple needs to publish statement to that effect.

The role of post-dated evidence in UK patent litigation: Mr Justice Arnold provides clarification and guidance on whether the inventiveness or sufficiency of a patent can be affected by evidence which is not available at the date of the patent but only comes into existence at a later date.